Hydrocarbon-burner.



LEWIS C. VERMILLIN, PARLIER, CALIFORNIA.

HYnRocARBoN-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed October 1, 1915. Serial No. 53,548.

To all whom t may com erm Be it known that I, Lnwis C. VERMILLION, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pai-lier, in the county of Fresno, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon- Burners; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in burners, especially of that type commonly known as' hydro-carbon burners, the object of the invention being to produce a device for the purpose of burning distillate or other oils of a similar nature wherein the oil will be transformed by the heat of the device into a gas free from soot or carbon, the combustion of which gas continuously forms other gas as the distillate or other oil pases through the burner.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of Y the following specification and claim.

prising a rectangular or The figure in the drawings is a perspective view of one form of the complete device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral lv designates the drip pan arranged under the burner, the burner proper com.-

other similar shaped supporting frame or bracket 2 arranged to be disposed at one end of the an l.

yThe fuel is admitted through a supply pipe 3, which leads to a control needle or similar valve 4, leading from which valve 4 is a retort pipe 5 which extends across the center of the pan l at a slight distance above the same. The other end of the pipe 5 connects with a T-member 6 which .rests on the upper end of the supporting frame 2. Connected to each of the other ends of the T-member 6 is an elbow 7. Retort pipes 8 connect with the elbows 7 and extend along the length of the pan 1 on each side of the pipe 5, such pipes 8 being connected by elbows 9 at their opposite ends with vertical connecting pipes 10. These vertical pipes l() are provided on their other ends with elbows ll which connect the pipes l0 to discharge pipes l2. These latter pipes l2 extend along the outer edges of the pan 1 beneath the pipes 8 and at their' terminals are suitably secured to the bottoms of the frame 2 by means of the lower ends of the sides of said frame 2 being bent around the pipes 12 as at 13, or by other' suitable connecting means. Along the upper sides of the pipes 12 are a plurality of outlet or discharge holes 14.

ln practice the fuel is admitted through the pipe 3 and valve 4 into the pipe 5, and flows through the elbows and pipes as described in a continuous circuit.

To start the fire, a small amount of fuel is admitted into the pan l and ignited. The combustion of this fuel heats the retort pipes 5 and 8 to a degree suiiicient to gasify the fuel oil therein, the gas from which then passes into the discharge pipes 12 and out of the discharge outlets 14 where it ignites and continues to heat the pipes 5 and 8 as long as the fuel is admitted to the burner, the operation then being automatically continued until the fuel supply is cut off by means of the control valve 4. By using distillate or similar' oil, a pure blue and white Haine is had with the co-mbustion of the gas, and I have found by actual experiment that a great deal of heat may be had at a minimum expense for fuel.

While I have shown the device in one particular form or shape for the purpose of illustrating the same in this application, still of course it may be made in various forms or shapes with equal efficiency. The discharge openings 14 may be of any number or size adaptable for giving the most efficient results in any particular burner, hence 1I do not limit myself to any number of outets.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

TNhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described co1n- :i risinO- a aan a rectandular su ort'inO` C 7 C) 2D bracket disposed at one end of said pan, a supply pipe provided with a valve centrally pipe extending from the valve centrally above the pan and resting on tlie bracket, retort pipesconnected with the first named pipe and paralleling the same in the same plane, vertical pipes connected at the opposite ends of said last ynamed pipes, discharge LENIS C. VERMILLION, Vitnesses: Y Y

ROY @.VTRABER, H. B. JUDD.

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